Police confirmed that at least 22 people have died with hundreds of foreign nationals missing following the disaster

Floods and mudslides have swept away houses and roads with many hundreds missingHundreds are missing and at least 22 people have died after torrential floods ⁠hit the Himalayan border areas of ⁠Nepal and in ​Tibet in China. An avalanche...

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China's Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that mudslides in Tibet caused by a glacial collapse have left three people dead and 558 missing, while police in Nepal reported at least 162 were killed.

At least 22 bodies have been recovered and 384 people reported missing after a massive flash flood that swept through parts of Nepal and Tibet, officials said Wednesday. Chinese state media also reported on Wednesday that the mudslide disaster had...

Read more: https://sc.mp/cc3d3c A landslide at the China-Nepal border has hit a key checkpoint with Tibet, resulting in “major casualties”, according to state media and footage shared online. The landslide began in Nepal’s Rasuwa region on Wednesday and struck...

‘Major casualties’ feared after powerful floods in Himalayan border area sweep away houses, roads and bridges and leave hundreds missing‘Major casualties’ feared after flash floods along Nepal-Tibet borderHere are some images that show some of the affected areas, and...

Rescue operations are under way after a landslide at the China-Nepal border engulfed a key border checkpoint, resulting in “major casualties”, according to Chinese state media. The landslide began in Nepal at around 9am on Wednesday and also struck...

Officials issued warnings to residents of several of Nepal’s districts and asked them to stay away from the banks of rivers

Hundreds of people were also reported missing.

At least 12 Britons are among 400 people missing after flash floods struck border area between Nepal and Tibet

A wall of water swept down a Himalayan river valley shared between Nepal and the Chinese territory of Tibet.

Deathtoll of nine likely to rise as floods and mudslide sweep away houses, roads, bridges and power projectsTorrential floods ⁠in the Himalayan border areas of ⁠Nepal and China’s ​Tibet have killed at least nine people and destroyed roads, bridges...

Across the border, Tibet reported "major casualties" with people missing in the neighbouring county of Gyirong.

The flood in Rasuwa - an area north of Kathmandu bordering Tibet - is feared to have swept away villages.

A wall of water swept down a Himalayan river valley shared between Nepal and the Chinese territory of Tibet.

A ⁠massive flash flood ⁠in the Himalayan nation of Nepal ⁠washed away villages while damaging roads, bridges and power projects in a region bordering Tibet, authorities said on Wednesday, as they warned against the risk of casualties. The areas...

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